CERN Library - Scientific journal cancellations
Due to the constant increase of the subscription costs of scientific journals and the current budget restrictions, the Scientific Information Policy Board has mandated the Working Group for Acquisitions (WGA) together with the Library to propose a list of titles to be cancelled at the end of 2004. As a first step, the WGA has identified the scientific journals listed at the web site below as candidates for cancellation. The choice has been guided by the personal experience of the WGA members, consultation of other expert CERN staff for highly specialized titles, and by criteria such as subscription price, impact factor, and - where available - access statistics for electronic journals. The list also accounts for the fact that many titles are subscribed to in 'packages' such that a cancellation of individual titles would not lead to any cost savings.
We invite users to carefully check the list on the Library homepage (http://library.cern.ch/). If you find any title that you consider critically important for your work, or wish to propose additional titles for cancellation, please contact your departmental WGA representative for more information and inform the Library by sending a message to Eliane.Chaney@cern.ch not later than Friday, July 16, 2004. In all cases, access to individual articles of cancelled titles will remain guaranteed also in future, either through interlibrary loan or, for electronic journals, on a pay-per-view basis.
The Scientific Information Policy Board will draw final decisions at the end of July after careful consideration of the comments received.
WGA members: L. Alvarez-Gaume, PH/TH, I. Bejar Alonso, TS, U. Köster, PH, F. Navarria, PH, R. Rattazzi, PH/TH, E. Todesco, TS/AT, J. Tückmantel, AB, R. Voss, PH, R. Woolnough, IT
The list can be consulted from the Library homepage: